Thursday, May 11, 2017

May Inspirations by Catherine Giguère

I had the chance to play with the new paper collection Happy Accident and I just ADORE it. Those papers are perfect for Mixedmedia.

«Perfect»

For my first layout, I used the gorgeous paper Fate from the Happy Accident collection. I put a thin coat of clear gesso on my paper and modeling paste through a circles stencil to add texture. Then, when the modeling paste was dry, I did the same process with a triangles stencil.

I put drops of mint, yellow and orange inks on the modeling paste to make it fit my paper. I used Essential Textures, Tattered Newsprint and Mémoire Collages stamps with black ink to add contrast.

I glued Pea Soup BFS Glitter on my Splattered Circles and my Graduated Circles chipboards with medium gel. Then, I embossed the Garden Lattice Bits with Sage BFS Embossing Powder and glued some Pea Glitters on them. I embossed my title with Honey BFS Embossing Powder to make it stand out.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Happy Accident 'Fate'

Happy Accident 'Lucky'

Chipboards

Splattered Circles

Graduated Circles

Garden Lattice Bits

Perfect, Adorable, Special

Stamps

Essential Textures

Tattered Newsprint

Mémoires Collages

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Sage'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Honey'

BFS Imagine Ink Glitter 'Pea Soup'

Flowers

Attic Charm Glitter Roses

Happy Roses

«Happiness»

For this layout, I used the beautiful paper Autumn Biography from the Mémoires collection. I did a textured background with modeling paste and three different stencils; a flourishes one at first and then, two different size of words. I put drops of fuschia and pink inks and I sprayed water on it.

I used brown ink with Crackled Textures and Serendpity Medley stamps to add more texture on my background. I embossed the Shabby Brick Bits chipboards with Coral BFS Embossing Powder.

I embossed my title Happiness from the Good Vibes chipboards set with Garnet BFS Embossing Powder to make it match.

Blue Fern Studios products used:

Papers

Mémoires 'Autumn Biography'

Chipboards

Good Vibes

Shabby Brick Bits

Stamps

Crackled Textures

Serendipity Medley

Embossing Powder

BFS Imagine Ink 'Garnet'

BFS Imagine Ink 'Coral'

Flowers

Attic Charm Daisies

«Memories Captured»

For my last layout Memories Captured, I choose Incident paper from the Happy Accident collection. I used a square and then a dots stencil to put modeling paste on it. I add yellow inks on my background to make contrast with the blue paper.

I used Making Plans and Grungy Grid stamps with brown ink to add contrast. I embossed two chipboards from the Splattered Circles set with Stormy Skies BFS embossing Powder.

I embossed my title Memories Captured with Honey BFS embossing Powder to make it fit my background.